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Spike Lee's Highly Rated (97%) Film 'BlacKkKlansman' Opens Friday In Theaters
Netflix In Homestretch On ‘Black Stallions’, With Lil Rel Howery, Don Cheadle And Kevin Hart As Rival Jockeys
In competitive bidding, Net- flix is in the home stretch on Black Stallions, an original pitch by Jay Longino for Get Out’s Lil Rel Howery, Don Cheadle and Kevin Hart in a comedy about rival brother jockeys.
The leads are Howery and Don Cheadle, and Hart has showy moments of his own. Longino, who most recently scripted the hoops Uncle Drew, will write the script.
Deals are still being made, but Hart and John Cheng are producing through Hart- beat Productions along with Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen
Lil Rel Howery, Don Chea- dle, and Kevin Hart.
and John Fischer, and Inny Clemons. Longino will be exec producer. It’s the second original comedy pitch sold this year by Longino, the first a pre- emptive acquisition by Para- mount Players.
Spike Lee, John David Washington as Ron Stallworth and the BlacKkKlansman movie poster.
Twenty-nine years ago, Roger Ebert said of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing that “it comes closer to re- flecting the current state of race relations in America than any other movie of our tim.” Now, with BlacK- kKlansman, which opens Fri- day, the 61-year-old film maker again proves his work to be deserving of such a bold statement.
His latest is a historic de- piction of race relations, yet has its gaze firmly set on pres-
ent racial problems. It’s based on the real life experiences of Ron Stallworth, Colorado Springs police department’s first black police officer. Stallworth’s undercover op- eration, which saw him art- fully infiltrate a local Ku Klux Klan chapter, earned him the unintended respect and rev- erence of KKK leader and grand wizard, David Duke.
Though the events of the movie feel bound by history, its commentary provides in- sight into how America still
struggles with race. The in- tensified strain within the film feels relevant once again with Duke-endorsed presi- dent Donald Trump screaming that it’s time to “take our country back.”
And the film demonstrates that it is against this backdrop that people of color are ex- pected to survive and thrive in America.
BlacKkKlansman is re- leased in the U. S. on Friday August 10th and in the U. K. on August 24th.
CBS Orders ‘Million Dollar Mile’ Competition Series From LeBron James & ‘Big Brother’ Producers
CBS has ordered Million Dollar Mile (working title), a 10-episode high-stakes compe- tition series that challenges everyday athletes’ physical and mental toughness, from Le- Bron James and Maverick Carter’s Springhill Entertain- ment, Big Brother producer Fly on the Wall Entertainment and Warner Horizon Un- scripted & Alternative Televi- sion
In Million Dollar Mile, the streets of a major city are shut down and the Million Dollar Mile course goes up. Per pro- ducers, in this unprecedented television event series, contest- ants will have the chance to win $1,000,000 every time they
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run the Million Dollar Mile. Standing in their way is the most challenging course ever designed and a group of elite athletes with one mission – stop the contestants from win- ning the money at all costs.
Beyonce's Vogue Cover Is Historic
There are two versions of the Vogue cover, one in which Beyonce has donned a long ivory shirtdress from Gucci and an elaborate floral headpiece crafted by the British firm Rebel Rebel, and another in which she is wear- ing a multicolored, tiered dress from Alexander Mc- Queen. It's the former image that has, by far, the greatest resonance. It's the picture that hints at emotion.
Beyonce offers up a sidelong glance that's part Mona Lisa and part proud, aloof, self-confident, regal black woman. She offers up the Beyonce brand. And while society has not reached a point at which the full hu-
Beyonce’s Vogue Cover.
manity of black women is taken as a given and this full- throated message of self- worth bears repeating again and again, it does not negate the sense of Beyonce deja-
vu.
This is stripped-down Be-
yonce. It's an alternative to the glamorous star in the mermaid gown, the new age feminist in the stark leotard, the gritty street-wise chick in athleisure-wear and corn- rows and the earth mother in a gilded crown. In the maga- zine, the singer notes that she wanted to be photographed as natural as possible to un- derscore the importance of body acceptance. "I think it's important for women and men to see and appreciate the beauty in their natural bod- ies. That's why I stripped away the wigs and hair exten- sions and used little makeup for this shoot."
2,500 Show Up To 21 Savage’s Third Annual Back To School Drive In Atlanta
Rapper 21 Savage went back to his old neighborhood to give back to the kids for his third annual “Issa Back 2 School Drive,”
On Sunday, the rap artist, born Shayaa Bin Abraham- Joseph, unloaded thousands of backpacks and school sup- plies to give to Atlanta kids. Not only that, but more than 2,500 students were given the option to get a free haircut, and they could take home food and
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new clothes, thanks to the rap- per’s big heart.
“Giving back to where I grew up means a lot to me,” 21 said last month in a statement to Billboard. “These kids need it andIusetobeoneofthose kids.”
U. S. Rep. Henry “Hank” Johnson and DeKalb’s County Commis- sioner Mereda Davis John- son were also on hand at the community event.
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